The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 3, 1948
Last Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
12:33 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 309
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 260.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -3.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.24° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.74° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.