The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 2034
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
6:24 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1373
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 7.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 55m / 18.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.82° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.26° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.