The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 1962
Waning Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
2:27 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 482
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 | 310.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 225.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -13.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.59° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.74° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.09° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.