The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 1, 2188
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
8:09 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3278
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 135.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 13m / -19.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.75° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.31° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.