The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 3, 1998
Waxing Crescent
29.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 AM
11:10 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.2%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 928
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.6° / 104.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / -5.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.37° / -0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.34° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.