The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 2, 1933
Waxing Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 124
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 | 79.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 90.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 00m / 2.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.92° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / -1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.10° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.