The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 3, 2078
Waning Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
11:27 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1917
Events on this date
-
Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 288.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 17m / 9.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.36° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.06° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.13° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.