The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 6, 2003
Waxing Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
9:27 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 990
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 122.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -15.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.19° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / 7.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.54° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.