The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 3, 2097
Waning Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
11:41 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2152
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 280.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / 6.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.60° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.09° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.92° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.