The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
5:08 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1237
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 29.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 23.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.26° / 2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / -2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.62° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.