The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 7, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 PM
5:22 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 965
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 | 150.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 23.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 07m / 20.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.57° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / 4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.71° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| 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.