The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 7, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
2:31 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1868
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 | 116.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 58.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 54m / 11.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.32° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.27° / 7.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.66° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.