The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 1959
Last Quarter
47.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 AM
12:19 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.2%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 445
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 258.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -6.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.89° / -0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / 1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.01° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.