The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 1923
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
7:58 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 0
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 | 187.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 341.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 23m / 17.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.91° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.10° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 133.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.