The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 1946
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 AM
4:38 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 284
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 181.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -23.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.47° / -0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.77° / 1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.45° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.