The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 1975
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 PM
10:08 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 643
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 | 229.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 297.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 6.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.67° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.88° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.64° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.