The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
3:09 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1843
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 50.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 01m / 12.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.59° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.13° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.05° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| 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.