The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 3, 2047
Waxing Crescent
45.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.2%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1534
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 | 84.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 84.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 20m / 7.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.57° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.31° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.45° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.