The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 2021
Waning Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 PM
11:10 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1212
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 | 235.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 294.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 12.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.93° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.92° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.