The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 3, 2011
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
4:49 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1088
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 179.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -23.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.06° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / 0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.20° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.