The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 7, 2132
Waning Gibbous
74.7% 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
10:40 PM
11:17 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2585
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 289.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / 9.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.10° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.80° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.