The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 1, 2170
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 PM
6:33 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3055
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 | 163.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 9.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 36m / 23.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.52° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / 0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.36° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.