The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 7, 2173
Last Quarter
45.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
12:13 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.9%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3092
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 255.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -9.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.60° / -0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.19° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.44° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.