The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
3:19 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2882
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 | 123.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 49.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 46m / 20.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.38° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.65° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.63° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.