The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 2176
Waning Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3129
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 | 256.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 273.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / -2.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.97° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.53° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.