The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 7, 2089
Waning Crescent
14.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
2:28 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.8%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2053
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 | 315.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 219.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 07m / -17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.15° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / -3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.20° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.