The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 2159
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
7:19 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2919
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 359.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 21m / 24.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.78° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.31° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.51° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.