The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 3, 1914
Waxing Crescent
42.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.3%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -111
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 89.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / 2.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.46° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.22° / -1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.73° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.