The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 7, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
1:24 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3043
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 | 104.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 69.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 7.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.88° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.22° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.96° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.