The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Waning Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 AM
12:54 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1051
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 | 295.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 236.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -18.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.63° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.86° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.