The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 1, 2165
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
10:14 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2993
Events on this date
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 301.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 58m / 10.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.02° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.04° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.15° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.