The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 1970
Waning Crescent
32.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 AM
12:45 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.4%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 581
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 | 290.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 241.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -16.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.72° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.24° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.43° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.