The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 2090
Waxing Crescent
7.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
8:19 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.7%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2066
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 | 31.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 134.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -12.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.66° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.85° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.61° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.