The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 2098
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
6:10 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 406,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2165
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 158.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -25.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.82° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.27° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.