The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 1, 1949
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
7:28 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 322
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 | 26.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 143.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -23.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.71° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.57° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.