The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 2122
Waning Crescent
33.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 AM
12:36 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.2%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2461
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 241.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -16.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.88° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.95° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.35° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.