The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 3, 2065
Waning Crescent
12.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 AM
2:07 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.2%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1756
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 | 319.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 213.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -25.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.26° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.63° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.46° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.