The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 2162
Waning Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
9:04 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2956
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 | 207.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 319.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 12.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.88° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.24° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.47° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.