The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 2043
Waning Gibbous
55.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1484
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 | 264.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 267.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / -1.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.23° / 0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.09° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.39° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.