The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 1948
Waning Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 309
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 | 260.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 272.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / 2.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.64° / 3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / -4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.58° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.