The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 2, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
2:30 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 297
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 | 117.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 57.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 11.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.29° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.78° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.