The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 1982
Waxing Crescent
34.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
11:32 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 730
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 | 71.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 100.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / -7.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.53° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.38° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.