The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 2190
Waning Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
2:39 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3302
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 | 323.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 210.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -22.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.28° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.89° / 2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.27° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.