The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 2088
Waxing Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
1:19 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2041
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 | 102.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 70.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 11.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.58° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / -1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.11° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.