The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 3, 1981
Waning Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 AM
3:29 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 717
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 | 329.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 205.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.93° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.61° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.08° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.