The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 4, 2128
Waxing Crescent
8.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
8:26 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.1%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2536
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 134.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 12m / -13.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.48° / 2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / -2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.17° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.