The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 2016
Last Quarter
45.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
12:33 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.6%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1150
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 258.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -4.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.88° / 1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / -1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.22° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.