The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 2, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
63.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
1:45 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1101
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 66.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 14.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.41° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.45° / -4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.14° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.