The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 1, 1991
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
8:43 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 841
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 336.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 43m / 21.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.87° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.44° / 0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.45° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.