The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 2179
Waning Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
1:00 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3166
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 | 296.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 236.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.52° / -3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / 5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.62° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.