The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
85.9% 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
2:24 PM
4:11 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -37
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 | 135.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 38.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 38m / 19.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.79° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.90° / 1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.97° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.