The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 3, 2089
Last Quarter
50.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 AM
12:02 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.6%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2053
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 261.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -6.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.55° / -0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.44° / 2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.53° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.