The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 PM
7:24 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1039
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 | 169.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 2.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 05m / 28.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.01° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.61° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.