The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 3, 1949
Waxing Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
9:34 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 322
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 | 48.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 120.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -14.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.01° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.21° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.