The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 1915
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
9:33 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -99
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 | 205.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 323.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 19.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.94° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / -1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.69° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.