The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 1973
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 AM
4:30 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 618
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 182.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -24.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.75° / -1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.23° / 2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.77° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.