The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 2092
Last Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 AM
12:40 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2090
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -2.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.54° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.28° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.