The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
7:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2214
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 0.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 19m / 26.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.37° / 3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / -3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.77° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.