The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 1975
Waning Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 643
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 | 255.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 272.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / -3.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.61° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.92° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.