The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 1, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
2:51 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1707
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 | 120.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 53.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 37m / 16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.17° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / -0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.31° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.