The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 1935
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 AM
2:34 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 148
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 | 325.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 207.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -25.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.33° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.94° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.