The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 2, 2059
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
10:39 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1682
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 307.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 56m / 18.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.81° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.20° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.