The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 2094
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
9:18 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2115
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 327.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 20.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.60° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.44° / -1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.95° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| 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.