The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 2, 1930
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
7:44 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 87
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 140.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 00m / -22.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.12° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.95° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.20° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.