The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 2145
Waxing Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
2:50 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2746
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 55.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 13.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.15° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / 3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.72° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.