The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 3, 2005
Last Quarter
50.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 AM
12:15 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.5%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1014
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 262.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -3.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.05° / 1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.06° / -0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.13° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.