The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Waning Gibbous
63.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
11:44 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1249
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 | 254.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 276.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 3.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.17° / 2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.73° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.62° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.