The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 2057
Waning Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
3:46 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1657
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 197.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -21.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.26° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / -1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.15° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.