The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 2097
Waning Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
11:16 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2152
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 8.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 11.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.41° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.09° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.78° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.