The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 1926
Waning Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 PM
10:49 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- 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 | 230.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 299.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 13.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.74° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.43° / -3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.06° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| 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.