The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 2100
Last Quarter
48.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
12:03 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.3%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2189
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,400 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 258.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -8.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.52° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.33° / 3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.80° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.