The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 2104
Waxing Crescent
23.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
10:40 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2239
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,100 km.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 108.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 37m / -3.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.45° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.55° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.