The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 2087
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 AM
4:26 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2028
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 | 345.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 187.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -21.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.93° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / -2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.25° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.