The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 1, 2032
Waning Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 PM
9:53 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1348
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 303.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 8.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.13° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.95° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.87° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.