The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
5:17 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 198
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 24.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 43m / 20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.83° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / 3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.04° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| 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.