The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 1986
Last Quarter
51.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
12:16 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.4%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 779
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 263.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -2.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.54° / 2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.35° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.