The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 3, 1972
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
9:48 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 606
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 | 215.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 312.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 14.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.88° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / 2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.90° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.