The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 1, 2005
Waning Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 PM
11:32 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1014
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 | 246.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 284.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / 7.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.95° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.74° / -3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.83° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.