The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 1, 1972
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
8:40 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 606
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 339.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 33m / 23.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.36° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.64° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.