The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 2168
Waning Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 AM
12:51 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3030
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 | 276.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 258.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -2.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.97° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.17° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.