The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
5:28 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -272
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 23.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 44m / 21.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.32° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.53° / 2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.65° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.