The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 2193
Waning Crescent
0.9% 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
7:32 AM
4:16 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3339
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 | 350.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 181.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -28.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.09° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.20° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.