The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 1, 2082
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
7:54 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1967
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 139.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -19.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.53° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / 3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.31° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.