The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 3, 2058
Waxing Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
2:07 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1670
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 62.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 21m / 9.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.26° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.35° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.03° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.