The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
81.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
3:51 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.1%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -74
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 | 128.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 44.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 10m / 22.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.32° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / -4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.72° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.