The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 4, 2192
Waning Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
11:00 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3327
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 292.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 9.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.72° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.63° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.