The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 7, 2068
Waxing Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
8:53 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1794
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 | 36.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 129.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -9.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.25° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.20° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.82° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.