The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 1, 2011
Waning Crescent
7.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 AM
2:52 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.7%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1088
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 | 327.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 205.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -23.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.76° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / 3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.83° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.