The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
2:43 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1101
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 | 116.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 56.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.24° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / -3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.99° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.