The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 7, 2010
Last Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 AM
11:45 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1076
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 255.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -12.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.58° / -5.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.63° / 7.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.07° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.