The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 1941
Waxing Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
11:31 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 223
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 | 69.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 99.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 32m / -1.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.73° / 1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / -0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.57° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.