The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
5:03 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -173
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 | 146.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 28.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 29m / 20.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.82° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / 2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.11° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.