The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 4, 2178
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 PM
8:07 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3154
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 12:58 AM, is deepest at 2:43 AM and ends at 4:28 AM. Totality lasts from 1:56 AM to 3:30 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 344.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 26m / 21.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.89° / -0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / 1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.42° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.