The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 2066
Waxing Crescent
43.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.1%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1769
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 86.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / 6.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.51° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.26° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.82° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.