The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 1960
Waxing Crescent
29.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 AM
11:10 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.4%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 458
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 | 65.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 103.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -3.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.88° / 0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.03° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.94° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.