The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Waning Gibbous
96.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
9:07 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1175
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 | 202.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 325.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.03° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / 1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.90° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.