The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 2, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
7:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 569
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 | 168.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 3.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 28.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.56° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.49° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.03° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.