The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 4, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
5:23 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1942
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 | 146.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 26.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 33m / 25.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.59° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.24° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.