The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 2, 2006
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 AM
8:27 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1027
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 133.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 26m / -19.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.86° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.34° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.17° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.