The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 2116
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 PM
10:49 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2387
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 | 227.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 302.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 16.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.56° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.24° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.45° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.