The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 1, 2122
Waning Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
12:09 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Lunation number
- 2461
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 | 278.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 251.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -12.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.91° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.80° / 7.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.18° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.