The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 2, 2005
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1014
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 | 257.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / 2.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.35° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.55° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.98° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.