The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 2070
Waning Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
10:42 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1818
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 | 240.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 287.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 3.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.00° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.44° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.