The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 2127
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
9:37 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2523
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 311.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 12.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.83° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.58° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.