The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 1902
Waning Crescent
31.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
1:05 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.2%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -260
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 241.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -13.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.68° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.88° / 1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.93° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.