The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 5, 2007
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
9:37 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1039
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 323.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 56m / 20.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.59° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.77° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.