The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 2, 1978
Last Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
12:19 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 680
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -5.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.44° / 0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.88° / 0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.81° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.