The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 7, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 PM
6:24 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1101
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 11.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 51m / 22.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.85° / -1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / 2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.44° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.