The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 1940
Waning Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
12:25 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 210
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 | 276.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.0° / 255.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -7.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.63° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.73° / 1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.21° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.