The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 3, 2157
Last Quarter
51.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
11:47 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.5%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2894
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 261.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -8.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.96° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.29° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.03° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.