The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 4, 2105
Waning Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
10:07 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2251
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 | 230.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 295.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 5.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.33° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.33° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.