The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 1971
Waxing Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
11:41 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 594
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 | 70.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.6° / 98.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / -0.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.05° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / -2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.68° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.