The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 3, 2019
Waning Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 AM
3:40 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1187
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 200.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.72° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.51° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.