The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 2062
Waning Crescent
38.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
12:33 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.7%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1719
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 | 283.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 248.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -12.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.76° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / 3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.36° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.