The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 2152
Waning Crescent
4.4% 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
6:05 AM
3:28 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2832
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 1.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 197.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 15m / -24.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.70° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / 2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.83° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.