The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 2200
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
8:59 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3426
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 321.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 40m / 13.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.81° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.91° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.