The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 2065
Waning Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
1:20 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1756
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 226.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -22.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.88° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.31° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.28° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.