The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 3, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
84.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
3:57 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.2%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 532
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 | 133.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 41.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 35m / 18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.95° / -0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.64° / 1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.83° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.