The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 1965
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 AM
6:01 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 520
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 | 8.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 160.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -24.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.07° / -2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.47° / 4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.55° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.