The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 1, 2075
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 PM
7:09 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1880
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 359.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 21.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.82° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.38° / 3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.09° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.