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Moon Information For January 3 2017 (United States)

Moon January 3, 2017 (United States)

The Moon information shown here applies to Washington, District of Columbia, United States on Tuesday, January 3, 2017. (Local time America/New York)

Moonrise to moonset13h16m
Moonrise10:47
Moonset21:31
Distance to the center of the Sun147,097,583 km
Distance to the center of Earth377,995 km
Moon ilumination (at midnight)23.1%
Lunar phasewaxing
Current zodiac sign the MoonAries ♈
Moon age (days past new moon)4.7

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth. Check all the conjunctions in January 2017.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and TimeDegrees Apart
Moon and VenusJanuary 2Venus is 2 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and Mars2017-01-03 01:47Mars is 0.3 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and AldebaranJanuary 9Aldebaran is 0.4 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and RegulusJanuary 14Regulus is 0.9 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and JupiterJanuary 19Jupiter is 3 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and SaturnJanuary 24Saturn is 4 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and MercuryJanuary 25Mercury is 4 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and VenusJanuary 31Venus is 4.2 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and MarsJanuary 31Mars is 2.4 degrees North of the Moon.

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