The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 1, 2099
Waxing Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 PM
2:09 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2177
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 | 111.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 61.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 01m / 14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.04° / 1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / -1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.84° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.