The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 1918
Waning Gibbous
75.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
10:36 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.2%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -62
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 | 239.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 287.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 2.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.24° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.52° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.5° |
| 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.