The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 1, 2171
Waning Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 AM
1:35 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3067
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 236.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 33m / -13.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.05° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / -1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.11° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.