The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 4, 2108
Waning Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2288
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 272.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / -1.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.51° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / 2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.19° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.