The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 1902
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
12:02 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -260
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 260.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -6.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.78° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / 4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.60° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.