The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 7, 2145
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
6:22 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2746
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 8.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 06m / 18.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.46° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.79° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.18° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.