The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 2097
Waning Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2152
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 269.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / 0.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.35° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.07° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.