The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 3, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
4:27 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2882
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 | 135.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 37.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 39m / 24.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.06° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.12° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.49° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.