The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 1992
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
4:16 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 853
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 185.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -24.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.93° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.93° / 2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.39° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.