The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 2040
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
10:47 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1447
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 | 225.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 303.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 16.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.90° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.56° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.