The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 2081
Waning Crescent
35.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
12:37 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.7%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1954
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 | 286.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 245.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -14.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.77° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / 4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.17° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.