The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% 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
3:57 PM
5:49 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 903
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 | 156.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 17.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 14m / 18.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.15° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.49° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.82° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.