The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 2174
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
6:33 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3105
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 154.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -24.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.16° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.79° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.23° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.