The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 1954
Waning Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
2:58 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 383
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 | 331.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 202.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 44m / -25.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.82° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.75° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.