The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 2165
Waning Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2993
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 271.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -0.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.64° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.14° / -0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.59° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.