The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 2, 1992
Waning Crescent
4.6% 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
6:07 AM
3:22 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 853
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 197.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -24.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.95° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / 3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.20° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.