The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 1926
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
10:17 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 37
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 309.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 16.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.94° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / -2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.93° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.