The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 3, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
6:14 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1138
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 | 162.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 10.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 18.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.71° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.04° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.