The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 1958
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
8:53 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 433
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 | 204.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 321.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 12.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.84° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.25° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.