The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 2048
Waning Gibbous
62.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.0%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1546
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 | 256.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 270.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / -6.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.31° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / 7.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.53° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| 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.