The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 1929
Last Quarter
50.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
12:28 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.9%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 74
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 264.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -0.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.01° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / -4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.94° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.