The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 7, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
1:43 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1633
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 | 107.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 67.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 8.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.83° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.58° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.47° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| 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.