The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 2029
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 PM
9:13 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1311
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 | 205.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 321.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 16.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.44° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.69° / 3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.17° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.