The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 3, 1994
Waning Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 274.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / -2.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.17° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.73° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.