The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 4, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
1:44 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1769
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 | 104.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 65.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.15° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.50° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.