The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 7, 2088
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
6:50 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2041
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 | 170.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 1.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 33m / 19.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.74° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.84° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.45° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| 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.