The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 7, 2105
Waning Gibbous
55.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
11:27 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.2%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2251
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 | 264.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 263.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -8.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.41° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.93° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.77° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.