The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 1932
Waning Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 AM
12:27 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 111
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 254.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -8.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.59° / -1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.82° / 2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.68° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.