The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 2129
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
6:52 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2548
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 | 170.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 1.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 21m / 19.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.85° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.08° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.42° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.9° |
| 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.