The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 2066
Waxing Crescent
33.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
11:40 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.2%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1769
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 | 70.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 97.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / 1.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.72° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.61° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.98° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.