The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 2, 2155
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 AM
3:59 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2869
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 185.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -28.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.61° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.59° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.