The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 2, 1975
Waning Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 PM
10:41 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 643
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 | 242.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 284.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 1.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.28° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.31° / 7.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.78° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.