The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 2127
Waning Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
11:25 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2523
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 275.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / 0.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.86° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.48° / 2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.99° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.