The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 2, 2141
Waning Crescent
25.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 AM
1:05 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.7%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2696
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 | 299.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 233.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 31m / -19.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.72° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.17° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.