The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 1, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
6:19 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1039
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 16.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 02m / 27.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.27° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.73° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.