The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 7, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
2:07 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 458
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 | 111.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 62.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 11.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.83° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.30° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.