The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 2021
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
10:37 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1212
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 | 222.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 306.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 57m / 17.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.39° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.79° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.