The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 1, 1994
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
10:02 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 299.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 54m / 7.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.12° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.44° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.