The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 8, 2007
Waning Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
10:49 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1039
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 14m / 4.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.49° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.18° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.