The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Waning Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
10:35 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1113
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 | 240.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 286.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 2.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.48° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.37° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.