The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Last Quarter
54.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.3%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1249
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 266.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -2.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.02° / 1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / -0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.77° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.