The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 2, 2070
Waning Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
11:13 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1818
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 | 252.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 276.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / -0.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.71° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.04° / 4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.59° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.