The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 1940
Waning Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
1:02 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 210
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 | 289.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 244.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -11.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.37° / 0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / 0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.38° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.