The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 2003
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 AM
6:09 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 990
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 159.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -24.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.83° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.10° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.