The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 4, 2141
Waning Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 AM
2:21 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2696
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 | 320.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 212.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -24.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.35° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / 4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.53° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.