The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 3, 1957
Waxing Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
8:05 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 421
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 | 28.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 138.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 51m / -12.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.69° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.23° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.88° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.