The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 2045
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
8:23 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1509
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 346.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 19m / 25.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.69° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.12° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.