The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 1937
Waning Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
10:30 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 173
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 | 237.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 289.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 3.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.19° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.18° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.