The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 2167
Waxing Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 PM
4:21 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3018
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,500 km.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Neptune, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 35.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 05m / 15.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.41° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.96° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.23° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.