The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 2, 2000
Waning Crescent
14.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 AM
2:43 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.1%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 220.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 46m / -14.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.76° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.30° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.53° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.