The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
1:11 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -210
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 | 101.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 73.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 5.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.29° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.42° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.11° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.