The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 2048
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
9:15 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1546
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 | 207.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 319.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 14.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.66° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / 4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.97° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.