The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 2014
Waxing Crescent
7.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
8:27 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.7%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1126
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 | 31.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 134.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 05m / -11.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.15° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.64° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.