The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 1, 2120
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 AM
6:08 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2437
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 160.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -24.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.52° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / 4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.07° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.