The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 1, 2198
Waning Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
12:17 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3401
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 250.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -12.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.14° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.15° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.27° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.