The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 3, 2008
Waning Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
1:23 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1051
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 225.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -22.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.48° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.04° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| 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.