The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 2087
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
2:42 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2028
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 | 322.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 212.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 07m / -20.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.83° / -0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / 0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.88° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.