The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 2, 1972
Waning Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
9:18 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 606
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 | 203.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 325.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 29m / 19.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.80° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / 0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.77° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.