The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
2:56 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 866
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 | 118.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 53.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 18.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.30° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.65° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.