The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 4, 2082
Waxing Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 AM
10:59 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1967
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 105.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -3.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.88° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / -0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.77° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.