The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 2103
Waning Crescent
40.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 AM
12:14 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.1%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2226
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 | 281.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -13.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.23° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.48° / 7.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.54° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.