The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 4, 2122
Waning Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 AM
1:45 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2461
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 | 312.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 220.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 32m / -23.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.35° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.70° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.