The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 2183
Waxing Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
3:49 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3216
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 43.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 41m / 15.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.70° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.15° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.