The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 1998
Waxing Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
10:01 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 928
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 | 52.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 116.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -9.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.18° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.92° / -0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.51° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.