The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 7, 1985
Waning Gibbous
99.4% 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
5:58 PM
8:41 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 767
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 | 187.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 341.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 52m / 25.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.13° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.48° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.