The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 2, 2174
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 AM
4:00 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3104
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 | 346.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 184.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -28.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.36° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.39° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.