The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 2, 1997
Waning Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 AM
12:36 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 915
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 | 277.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 256.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -6.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.52° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.02° / -1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.60° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.