The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 1991
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
9:23 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 841
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 321.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 17.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.63° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.58° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.