The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 2016
Waning Gibbous
55.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.0%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1150
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 | 264.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 267.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -1.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.09° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.74° / -0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.07° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.