The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 3, 2104
Waxing Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
11:51 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2239
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 | 71.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 96.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / 2.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.79° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.38° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.