The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 2, 1986
Waning Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 779
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 | 255.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 275.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / 3.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.88° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / -3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.20° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.