The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 1986
Waning Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
11:28 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 779
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 | 243.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 287.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 9.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.45° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / -4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.05° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.