The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 2025
Waxing Crescent
16.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 AM
9:33 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.2%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1262
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 121.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -13.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.95° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.89° / 4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.19° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.