The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 2188
Waxing Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
11:07 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3278
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 104.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / -8.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.85° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / 7.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.78° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.