The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 2055
Waxing Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
10:52 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1633
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 106.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -7.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.76° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.00° / 3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.11° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.