The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 2059
Waning Crescent
43.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 AM
12:38 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.6%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1682
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 | 277.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 255.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -6.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.90° / 3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / -3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.95° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.