The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 7, 2123
Waxing Gibbous
75.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
3:09 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.9%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2474
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 50.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 58m / 20.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.03° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / -3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.95° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.