The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 7, 1996
Waning Gibbous
96.8% 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
7:26 PM
8:39 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 903
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 326.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 13.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.71° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.83° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.69° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.