The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Waxing Crescent
36.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
11:40 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.3%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1200
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 99.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 48m / -6.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.56° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.94° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| 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.