The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 7, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
4:43 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1769
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 35.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 09m / 24.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.83° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.64° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.07° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.