The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
3:33 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 767
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 | 127.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 46.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 12m / 17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.26° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.36° / 1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.17° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.