The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 2064
Waxing Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
6:28 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1744
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 14.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 16m / 27.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.16° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.34° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.