The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 3, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
3:52 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1571
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 43.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 26m / 19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.11° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.45° / 0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.43° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.