The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 1971
Waxing Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
10:29 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 594
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 | 57.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 111.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 36m / -7.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.73° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.45° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.85° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.