The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
55.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
12:37 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.0%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1200
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 | 95.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 79.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 16m / 2.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.34° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.22° / 7.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.61° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.