The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 1957
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
7:08 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 421
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 150.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -15.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.80° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.07° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.