The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 2037
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
8:12 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1410
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 341.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 20.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.88° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.40° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.57° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.