The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 2138
Last Quarter
48.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 AM
11:56 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.5%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2659
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 258.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -9.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.09° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.16° / 5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.40° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.