The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 2179
Waning Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 AM
1:41 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3166
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 | 308.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 224.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -20.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.09° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.79° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.