The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 2187
Waning Crescent
31.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 AM
1:30 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3265
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 | 292.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 243.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -8.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.39° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.13° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.