The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 1952
Waxing Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
11:45 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 359
Events on this date
-
Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 97.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 31m / -1.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.80° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.53° / -1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.47° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| 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.