The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 3, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
5:20 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -37
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 | 149.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 24.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 41m / 20.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.65° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.84° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.2° |
| 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.