The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 2002
Waning Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 PM
10:39 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 977
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 305.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 17.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.01° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.97° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.