The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 1915
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 PM
8:59 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -99
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 335.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 50m / 23.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.10° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / -2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.56° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.