The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 3, 2041
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
6:20 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1460
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 156.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -25.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.57° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.51° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.