The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 7, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
1:21 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1027
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 | 101.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 69.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 12.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.80° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / -1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.33° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.