The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 1, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
2:11 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2882
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 | 111.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 61.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 15.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.47° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.77° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.