The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 3, 2037
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 PM
9:08 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1410
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 326.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.70° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.70° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.