The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 1978
Waning Crescent
37.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 AM
12:55 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.2%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 680
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 | 284.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 248.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 46m / -9.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.95° / 1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.58° / -1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.97° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.