The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 3, 2122
Waning Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 AM
1:08 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2461
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 | 300.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 231.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 40m / -20.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.00° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.52° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| 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.