The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 3, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
62.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 PM
1:28 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.0%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2276
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 | 103.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 68.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 11.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.40° / 0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.38° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.31° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.