The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 2091
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
5:40 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2078
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 18.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 15m / 17.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.22° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.00° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.