The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 2158
Waxing Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
8:39 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2907
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 131.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 26m / -13.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.37° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / -0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.08° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.