The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 1976
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
6:47 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 656
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 | 13.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 155.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.82° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.43° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.