The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 3, 1987
Waxing Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
9:44 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 792
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 | 49.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 119.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -13.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.62° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.19° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.78° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.