The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 2, 2149
Waning Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 AM
12:56 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2795
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 256.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -3.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.04° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.51° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.