The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 7, 2007
Waning Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
10:29 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1039
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 299.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 10.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.44° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.96° / -0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.04° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.