The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 3, 2167
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
5:31 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3018
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 20.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 05m / 18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.02° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.33° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.10° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.