The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 4, 2130
Waning Crescent
31.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 AM
1:29 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.7%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2560
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 243.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -8.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.82° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.04° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.