The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 1973
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
3:35 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 618
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 194.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -25.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.80° / -2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / 3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.58° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.