The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 3, 1918
Waning Gibbous
66.7% 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
11:42 PM
11:00 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -62
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 276.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / -2.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.11° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / 7.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.67° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.