The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 3, 1907
Waning Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 PM
10:26 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -198
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 | 223.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 305.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 14.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.70° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.24° / -1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.29° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.