The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 2112
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 AM
7:48 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2338
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 141.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -19.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.35° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.40° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.