The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 3, 2184
Waning Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
11:15 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3228
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 | 246.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 283.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 22m / 4.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.45° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.88° / 0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.07° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.