The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 3, 2163
Waning Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
4:22 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2968
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 190.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -19.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.55° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.16° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.12° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.