The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 1932
Waning Crescent
31.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 AM
12:53 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.7%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 111
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 241.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -14.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.72° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.84° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.