The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 2073
Waning Crescent
22.9% 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
2:58 AM
2:01 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1855
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 233.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -12.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.99° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.75° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.80° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.