The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 1, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
6:16 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1274
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 16.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 03m / 27.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.36° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.21° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.93° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.