The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 4, 2060
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
6:19 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1695
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 | 13.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 156.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -25.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.13° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.70° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.