The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 2100
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2189
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 | 259.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / -1.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.43° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / 2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.65° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| 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.