The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 1, 2073
Waning Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
12:47 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1855
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 257.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -4.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.23° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.23° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.47° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.