The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 2142
Waxing Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 AM
11:46 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2709
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 | 71.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 96.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / 2.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.21° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.63° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.76° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.