The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Waning Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 PM
9:06 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1138
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 | 208.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 318.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 12.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.11° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.37° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.47° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.