The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 1905
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 AM
3:53 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -223
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 | 334.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 199.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.53° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.04° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.