The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 2, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
2:49 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 532
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 | 120.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 54.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 43m / 13.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.55° / -1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.78° / 3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.97° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.