The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 7, 2018
Waning Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1175
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 | 255.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 275.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / 2.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.64° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.20° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.44° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.