The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 2, 2068
Waning Crescent
7.6% 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
5:21 AM
3:04 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1793
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 205.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 34m / -22.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.21° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.24° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.