The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 2, 1961
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
8:05 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 470
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 | 188.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 341.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 25m / 18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.19° / -3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.54° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.