The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 4, 2079
Waxing Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
6:35 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1930
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 153.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 17m / -24.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.76° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.90° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.