The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 1937
Waning Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 173
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 | 260.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 268.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -6.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.09° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.16° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.47° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.