The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 4, 2198
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 AM
2:30 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3401
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 213.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -22.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.23° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.54° / 2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.79° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.