The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 2137
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
5:56 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2647
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 21.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 53m / 27.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.20° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.01° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.