The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 1, 1973
Waning Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
2:46 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 618
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 205.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -25.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.94° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.21° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.39° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.