The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 PM
8:19 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1039
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 349.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 27.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.50° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.48° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 29.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.