The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 7, 2080
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 PM
8:48 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1942
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 | 189.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 340.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 25.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.41° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.90° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.13° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| 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.