The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 7, 2134
Waxing Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
4:36 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2610
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 34.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 15m / 22.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.81° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.44° / -0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.55° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.