The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 1, 2046
Waning Crescent
29.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 AM
12:49 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.2%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1521
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 237.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.24° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 7.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.30° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.