The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 2083
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
6:57 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1979
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 | 163.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 8.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 44m / 27.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.37° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.39° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.55° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.