The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 1, 1987
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
7:09 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 792
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 | 22.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 147.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 27m / -24.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.22° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.95° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.15° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.