The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 4, 2142
Waxing Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2709
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 85.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / 7.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.92° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.05° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.59° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.