The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 2137
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
3:52 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2647
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 | 129.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 43.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 12m / 22.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.49° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.74° / -4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.28° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.