The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
3:36 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 433
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 | 128.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 46.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 10m / 16.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.73° / -0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.51° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.