The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 2089
Waning Crescent
40.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
12:36 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.3%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2053
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 | 281.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 251.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -9.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.36° / 0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.06° / 0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.69° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.