The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 2076
Waning Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 AM
2:53 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1892
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 | 322.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 212.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.35° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / -2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.75° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.