The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 2147
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
7:17 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2771
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 148.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -16.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.47° / 3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / -3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.55° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.