The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
4:04 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1942
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 | 132.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 40.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 31m / 22.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.85° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.37° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.