The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 3, 1970
Waning Crescent
22.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 AM
1:15 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.7%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 581
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 | 303.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 229.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 50m / -21.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.24° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.84° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.61° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.