The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 2106
Waning Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
4:09 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2263
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 191.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -20.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.38° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / -2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.87° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.