The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 7, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
3:15 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1299
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 | 121.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 50.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 22.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.93° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.81° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.65° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.