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Moon Information For January 3 2018 (United States)

Moon January 3, 2018 (United States)

The Moon information shown here applies to Washington, District of Columbia, United States on Wednesday, January 3, 2018. (Local time America/New York)

Moonrise to moonset10h19m
Moonrise19:00
Moonset08:41
Distance to the center of the Sun147,097,526 km
Distance to the center of Earth364,662 km
Moon ilumination (at midnight)98.2%
Lunar phasewaning
Current zodiac sign the MoonCancer ♋
Moon age (days past new moon)16

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 2018.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and TimeDegrees Apart
Moon and Beehive2018-01-03 14:50Beehive is 2.3 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and RegulusJanuary 5Regulus is 0.9 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and JupiterJanuary 11Jupiter is 4.7 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and SaturnJanuary 14Saturn is 2.9 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and AldebaranJanuary 27Aldebaran is 0.7 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and BeehiveJanuary 31Beehive is 2.3 degrees North of the Moon.

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