The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 2078
Waning Gibbous
64.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
11:49 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.1%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1917
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 | 253.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 277.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / 4.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.41° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.93° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.28° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| 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.