The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 1, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
4:02 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 903
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 41.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 34m / 16.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.25° / -2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.09° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.