The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 2121
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 PM
9:56 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2449
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 303.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 9.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.97° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / 3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.53° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.