The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 7, 1999
Waning Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
11:27 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 940
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 | 249.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 280.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / 4.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.97° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.65° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.