The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 1943
Waning Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
2:37 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 247
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 | 293.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 230.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -8.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.62° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.83° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.61° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.