The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 1, 1945
Waning Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
11:12 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 272
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 | 216.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 301.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.24° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.74° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.07° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.