The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
12:54 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 965
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 | 99.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 75.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 3.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.43° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.11° / 7.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.26° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.