The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 3, 1991
Waning Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
9:55 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 841
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 | 220.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 306.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 11.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.01° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / 3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.71° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.