The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
2:49 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1942
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 | 119.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 54.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 34m / 17.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.56° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / -1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.51° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.