The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 2051
Waning Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
11:15 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1583
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.6° / 274.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / -2.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.30° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.95° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.