The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 3, 2101
Waxing Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
9:41 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2202
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 119.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -10.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.46° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.13° / 0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.32° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.