The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 2121
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
8:34 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2449
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 339.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 45m / 22.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.24° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.69° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.14° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.