The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 1, 1981
Waning Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 AM
2:17 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 717
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 | 307.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 229.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -12.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.58° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.77° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.71° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| 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.