The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 2139
Waxing Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
7:26 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2672
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 1.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 145.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 31m / -19.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.15° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.08° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.