The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 1951
Waning Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
12:44 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 346
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 243.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -14.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.61° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.64° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.