The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Waxing Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 AM
10:58 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1163
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 105.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -6.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.97° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / 2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.54° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.