The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 2104
First Quarter
45.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2239
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 83.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 8.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.04° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.22° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.