The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 1982
First Quarter
44.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 730
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 89.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 29m / -2.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.84° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.21° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.