The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 2081
Waning Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1954
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 | 261.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 269.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / -1.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.71° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.29° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.85° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.