The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 2006
Waxing Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
9:44 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1027
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 119.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -13.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.61° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.99° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.99° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.