The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 1900
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
8:11 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -284
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 137.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -13.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.05° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.46° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.13° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.