The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 7, 2072
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 PM
9:09 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1843
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 | 207.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 319.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 13.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.80° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.65° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.71° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.