The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 1979
Waxing Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
10:14 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 693
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 | 54.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 113.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 29m / -8.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.99° / 1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / -0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.31° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.