The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 2143
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
8:23 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2721
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 334.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 49m / 16.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.11° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.59° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.54° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.