The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 2138
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2659
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 | 260.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 269.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / -3.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.51° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.55° / 4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.25° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.