The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 2048
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
8:06 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1546
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 12:04 AM, is deepest at 1:52 AM and ends at 3:39 AM. Totality lasts from 1:23 AM to 2:20 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 345.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 08m / 21.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.66° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.71° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.