The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 2038
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
2:25 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1422
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 | 311.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 225.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -14.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.37° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.67° / -4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.97° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.