The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 2, 1984
Waning Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 AM
4:47 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 754
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 177.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -25.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.67° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / 3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.88° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.