The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 2173
Waning Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 PM
10:46 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3092
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 | 228.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 300.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 14.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.38° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.84° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.