The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 2, 2136
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 AM
4:00 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2634
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 | 346.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 185.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -28.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.55° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.03° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.78° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.