The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 2071
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 AM
6:45 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1831
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 | 13.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 155.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -16.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.43° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.16° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.60° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.