The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 7, 1988
Waning Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
10:13 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 804
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 308.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 58m / 15.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.28° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.27° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.