The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 1, 2036
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 AM
8:18 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1398
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 134.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -15.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.36° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.88° / -0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.26° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.