The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 2027
Waning Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
1:49 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1286
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 217.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 38m / -24.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.01° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.85° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.