The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 3, 2022
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 AM
6:21 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1225
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury 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 | 13.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 156.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -25.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.43° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.30° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.