The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 1, 2063
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
7:06 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1732
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 147.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -22.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.14° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / 5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.12° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.