The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 PM
6:43 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1707
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 10.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 27.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.00° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.18° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.92° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.