The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 1981
Waning Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 AM
2:51 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 217.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -15.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.66° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.78° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.89° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.