The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 2021
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 PM
10:00 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1212
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 | 210.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 319.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 21.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.05° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.65° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.