The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 1937
Waning Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
10:56 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 173
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 | 248.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 278.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / -1.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.79° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / 7.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.32° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.