The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 2160
Waning Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
12:54 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2931
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 237.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -17.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.77° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.80° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.