The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 2114
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
2:13 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2362
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 224.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 23m / -15.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.59° / 2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.72° / -2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.02° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.