The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 2076
Waning Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
3:41 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1892
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 197.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -21.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.04° / 1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / -0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.94° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.