The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 PM
5:33 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 433
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 | 152.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 21.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 59m / 19.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.66° / -3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / 4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.25° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.