The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 4, 2106
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
5:02 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2263
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 | 352.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 179.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -19.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.26° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.81° / -3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.06° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.