The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 1930
Waxing Crescent
12.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
8:45 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.1%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 87
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 1.5° of each other in the sky.
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 129.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -18.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.01° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.15° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.02° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.