The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
72.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 PM
2:45 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.6%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -74
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 55.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 19.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.60° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.23° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.86° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.