The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 2, 2011
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
3:48 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1088
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury 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 | 340.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 192.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 25m / -24.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.02° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.01° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.