The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 2110
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
6:15 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2313
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 10.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 46m / 18.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.62° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.21° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.