The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 3, 2124
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
9:09 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2486
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 | 208.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 318.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 12.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.19° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.86° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.