The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 1951
Waning Crescent
23.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 AM
1:15 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.4%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 346
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 | 302.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 230.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 45m / -20.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.93° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.82° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.