The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 2116
Waning Crescent
42.6% 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
1:01 AM
12:33 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2387
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 253.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -8.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.16° / 1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.04° / -1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.03° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.