The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 1, 2136
Waning Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
3:02 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2634
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 199.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -26.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.01° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.60° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.