The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 1, 2101
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
7:19 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2202
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 146.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 28m / -21.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.08° / -2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / 3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.69° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.