The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 1, 1906
Waxing Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -210
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 | 79.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 92.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / -2.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.37° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.43° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.