The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 2, 2089
Waning Gibbous
61.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.1%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2053
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 | 257.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 272.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / -2.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.34° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.44° / 3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.38° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.