The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 2179
Waning Crescent
38.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
12:23 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.4%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3166
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 | 283.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 248.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -13.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.73° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.66° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.45° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.