The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
1:21 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 297
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 | 104.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 70.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 6.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.34° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.54° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.92° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.