The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 3, 2126
Waxing Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
2:03 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2511
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 | 110.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 63.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 12.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.47° / -0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / 1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.51° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.