The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
5:26 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3253
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 | 152.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 21.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 03m / 18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.39° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.29° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.