The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 1, 2068
Waning Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 AM
2:12 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1793
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 | 315.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 218.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 36m / -20.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.60° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.85° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.05° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.