The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 1932
Waning Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 AM
1:25 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 111
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 228.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 53m / -20.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.88° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / 5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.01° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.