The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 4, 2007
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 PM
9:03 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1039
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 335.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 24.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.70° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / -4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.64° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.