The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 1964
Waning Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
11:09 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 507
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 294.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 12.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.90° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.51° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.