The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 2074
Waxing Crescent
35.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
11:41 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.4%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1868
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 | 72.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 98.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / -4.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.57° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / 5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.29° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.