The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 1, 2043
Waning Gibbous
64.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 PM
11:40 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1484
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 | 253.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 278.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 3.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.19° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / -1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.24° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.