The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 2, 2073
Waning Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
1:23 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1855
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 | 290.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 245.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -8.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.18° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.04° / -4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.63° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.