The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 2086
Waning Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 PM
10:13 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2016
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 | 232.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 293.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 4.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.55° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.67° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.