The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 3, 1903
Waxing Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
10:07 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -247
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 | 52.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 114.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -6.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.98° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.17° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.