The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 1960
Waxing Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
9:01 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 458
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 | 40.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 127.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -11.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.45° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.92° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.30° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.