The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 2, 2062
Last Quarter
48.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
12:11 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1719
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -6.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.33° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.95° / 1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.20° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.