The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 2099
Waxing Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
3:15 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2177
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 | 123.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 50.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.86° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.63° / -2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.70° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| 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.