The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 2, 2079
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 AM
4:34 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1929
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 177.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -27.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.96° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.73° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.