The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
12:38 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 730
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 | 96.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 78.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 2.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.49° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.89° / 7.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.06° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.