The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 3, 1910
Last Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
12:34 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -161
Events on this date
-
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 262.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -1.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.07° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.82° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.30° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.