The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 4, 2162
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
9:40 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2956
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 305.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 42m / 8.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.86° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.60° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.