The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 1, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 PM
6:44 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 235
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 | 169.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 2.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 01m / 18.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.16° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.06° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.36° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.