The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 4, 2065
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
3:03 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1756
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 | 332.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 199.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -26.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.59° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.64° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.