The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 3, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
2:29 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 396
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 | 114.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 57.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.93° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.80° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.24° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.