The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 2032
Waning Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
10:22 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1348
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 | 234.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 292.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 4.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.02° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.01° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.