The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 4, 2190
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 AM
3:30 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3302
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 194.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -25.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.26° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / 4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.45° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.