The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 7, 2023
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 PM
8:46 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1237
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 341.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 53m / 25.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.22° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.90° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.