The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 7, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
57.9% 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
12:23 PM
1:07 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 792
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 | 98.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 72.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 34m / 10.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.75° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.56° / -0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.11° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.