The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 3, 1976
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 AM
7:49 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 656
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 | 25.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 141.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 35m / -13.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.75° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.24° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.