The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 1969
Waning Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 PM
10:25 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 569
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 | 223.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 303.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 13.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.19° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.63° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.