The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 2157
Waning Crescent
42.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
12:09 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2894
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 | 279.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 250.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -13.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.93° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.48° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.20° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.