The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 2125
Waning Crescent
1.0% 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
6:50 AM
4:47 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2498
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 183.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -19.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.31° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.20° / -3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.68° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.