The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 1, 1957
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
6:11 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 421
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 | 6.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 162.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -18.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.83° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.10° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.25° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.