The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 2016
Waning Crescent
36.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
1:04 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1150
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 248.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -8.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.71° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.39° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.