The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 7, 1966
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 PM
8:34 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 532
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 342.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 46m / 25.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.81° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.95° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.67° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.