The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 3, 2161
Waxing Crescent
39.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.9%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2944
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 | 78.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 89.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / 5.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.74° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.26° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.95° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.