The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 2, 1938
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 AM
6:27 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 186
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 159.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -18.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.70° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.00° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.88° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.