The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
8:11 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1175
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 | 188.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 340.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 19.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.92° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.83° / 3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.78° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.