The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 3, 2165
Waning Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
11:16 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2993
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 | 248.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / 3.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.65° / -0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.44° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.