The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
3:27 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1336
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 48.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 02m / 18.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.40° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / -1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.22° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.