The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 2, 2180
Waxing Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
11:16 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3179
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 | 65.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 101.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -0.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.71° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.47° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.