The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 1, 2017
Waxing Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
8:52 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1163
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 128.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.89° / 1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / -0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.89° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.