The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
5:20 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1138
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 | 150.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 23.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.90° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.17° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.