The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 1, 2057
Waning Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 AM
2:16 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1657
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 | 308.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 227.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 17m / -13.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.61° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.78° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.