The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
3:56 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -173
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 41.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 36m / 16.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.64° / -2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.25° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.