The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 2112
Waxing Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
10:13 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2338
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 114.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 43m / -11.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.84° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.85° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.04° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.