The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 2155
Waning Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 AM
2:57 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2869
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 200.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -26.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.37° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.40° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.