The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 2, 2108
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
10:18 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2288
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 | 230.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 296.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 7.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.78° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.10° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.91° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.