The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 1, 2086
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 PM
8:49 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2016
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 | 199.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 328.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 16.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.33° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.01° / 5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.26° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.