The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 3, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
1:28 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1435
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 69.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 6.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.44° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.71° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.81° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.