The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 2, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
2:29 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1336
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 | 114.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 58.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 16.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.41° / 2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / -2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.36° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.