The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 3, 2088
Waxing Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
2:27 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2041
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 58.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 14.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.71° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / 0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.97° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.