The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 4, 2091
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
6:37 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2078
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 | 167.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 4.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 11m / 18.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.56° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.87° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.