The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 2141
Waning Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
1:40 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2696
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 222.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -22.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.54° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.35° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.