The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 2052
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
6:16 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1596
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 162.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -17.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.82° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.42° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 231.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.