The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 2169
Waxing Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 AM
10:21 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3043
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 | 58.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 112.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -11.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.72° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.60° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.