The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 2, 1921
Waning Crescent
34.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 AM
12:55 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.7%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -25
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 | 287.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -11.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.76° / -0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.92° / 1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.56° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.