The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 3, 1959
Waning Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 AM
12:56 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 445
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 | 286.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 247.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -10.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.00° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.31° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.17° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.