The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 2150
Waxing Crescent
12.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
8:53 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.6%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2808
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 128.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -16.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.56° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.59° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.