The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 2038
Waning Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 AM
3:50 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1422
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 196.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -20.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.17° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.33° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.