The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 2185
Waxing Crescent
8.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
8:20 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3241
Events on this date
-
Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 134.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -14.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.59° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / -0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.75° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.