The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 7, 2069
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 PM
7:36 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1806
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 348.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 22m / 17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.66° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.11° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 170.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.