The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 2177
Waxing Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 AM
9:58 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3142
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 116.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -6.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.19° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / -3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.08° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.