The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Waning Crescent
37.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
12:30 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.1%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1051
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 | 285.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 246.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -13.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.78° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.80° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.69° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.