The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 2106
Waning Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
2:36 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2263
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 | 319.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 214.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -19.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.81° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.13° / 0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.50° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.