The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 1992
Waning Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 AM
2:34 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 853
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 | 324.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 209.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -24.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.84° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.02° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.