The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 3, 2013
Waning Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
11:05 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1113
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 | 252.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / -2.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.50° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.97° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.52° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.