The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 2, 2163
Waning Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 AM
3:21 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2968
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 206.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -19.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.68° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.93° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.