The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 3, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
6:28 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -272
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 9.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 44m / 21.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.21° / -2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / 3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.52° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.