The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 2, 2017
Waxing Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
9:54 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1163
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 1.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 116.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -10.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.82° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.71° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.