The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 1997
Waning Crescent
34.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 AM
1:09 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.1%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 915
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 | 288.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 245.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -9.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.11° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.61° / -2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.77° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.