The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 3, 2154
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 PM
10:39 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2857
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 304.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 16.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.04° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.06° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.