The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 2070
Waning Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1818
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 | 263.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 266.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -4.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.06° / -2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.74° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.