The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 2055
Waxing Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
9:56 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1633
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 | 52.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 116.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 29m / -10.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.96° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.28° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.