The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 1, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
3:06 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 198
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 51.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 16.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.54° / 0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.10° / 0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.31° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.