The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 2, 1910
Waning Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -161
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 | 260.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 272.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / 3.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.18° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.14° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.