The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 2, 2194
Waxing Gibbous
76.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
3:07 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.2%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3352
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 50.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 20.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.10° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.97° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.02° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.