The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 3, 2043
Last Quarter
45.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
12:19 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.9%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1484
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 257.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -7.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.10° / -0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.75° / 1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.55° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.