The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 4, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
2:13 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2004
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 | 110.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 60.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.33° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.59° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.72° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.