The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 2057
Waning Crescent
10.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 AM
2:57 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1657
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 | 322.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 212.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -18.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.36° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.96° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.