The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 2049
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 AM
2:53 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1558
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 | 326.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 207.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -22.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.99° / -0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / 2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.43° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.