The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 2168
Waning Crescent
35.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 AM
1:19 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.2%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3030
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 248.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -6.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.27° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.33° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.