The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 7, 2056
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
11:10 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1645
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 | 240.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 288.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / 8.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.52° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.09° / -4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.91° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| 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.