The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 1, 2104
Waxing Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
9:28 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2239
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 | 44.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 122.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 44m / -9.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.08° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.14° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.73° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.