The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 1945
Waning Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
11:46 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 272
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 | 227.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 291.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 14.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.59° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.87° / -3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.20° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.