The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 2058
Waxing Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
3:09 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1670
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 51.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 14.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.55° / -3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.42° / 4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.88° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.