The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 1997
Last Quarter
53.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.7%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 915
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 265.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -2.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.27° / 0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.07° / 0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.44° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.