The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 1961
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 PM
8:47 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 470
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 329.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 14m / 16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.02° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.67° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| 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.