The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
1:54 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 866
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 | 107.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 64.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 45m / 15.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.74° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.79° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| 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.