The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 2058
Waxing Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
1:04 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1670
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 73.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 34m / 4.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.68° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.97° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.18° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.