The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 3, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
4:36 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 767
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 34.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 02m / 21.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.59° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / 0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.03° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.