The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 2, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
74.2% 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
1:19 PM
2:49 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1571
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 | 118.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 54.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 16.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.27° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / -1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.57° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.