The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 2145
Waxing Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
1:54 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2746
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 | 108.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 65.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 11.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.37° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / 2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.87° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.