The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 2175
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
4:35 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3117
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 35.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 47m / 25.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.06° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.95° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.70° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.