The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 2, 1905
Waning Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 AM
3:06 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -223
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 | 322.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 213.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.92° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.86° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| 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.