The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 2196
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 AM
6:35 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3377
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 | 13.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 155.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -21.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.91° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.08° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.01° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.