The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 3, 2056
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
8:23 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1645
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter 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 | 189.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 339.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 37m / 20.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.66° / -0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / 1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.38° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.