The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 2173
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
9:52 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3092
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 | 206.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 323.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.37° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.05° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.57° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.