The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 1, 1946
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
3:52 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 284
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 193.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -22.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.24° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.86° / -0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.26° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.