The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 1, 2001
Waxing Crescent
38.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
11:53 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.0%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 965
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 | 75.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 96.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / -5.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.32° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.58° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.