The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 2070
Last Quarter
46.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 AM
12:13 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.3%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1818
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 256.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -8.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.13° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / 2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.89° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.