The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 1, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
3:03 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3253
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 | 125.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 51.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 11.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.79° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.55° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| 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.