The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
7:01 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 161
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 4.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 24.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.59° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / -0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.53° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.