The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 2199
Waxing Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 AM
11:54 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3414
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 | 72.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 95.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / 2.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.23° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.22° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.67° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.