The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 2053
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
9:48 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1608
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 305.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 9.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.65° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / 4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.03° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.