The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 1, 2128
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
5:04 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2535
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 180.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.98° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.26° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.