The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 1999
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
8:06 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 940
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 | 187.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 341.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 24m / 19.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.71° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / 4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.99° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.