The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 2, 2096
First Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2140
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 86.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / -0.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.03° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.87° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.73° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| 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.