The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 3, 1916
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
3:30 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -87
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 | 338.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 193.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -26.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.86° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.58° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.34° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.