The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 7, 2176
Waning Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
1:32 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3129
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 | 310.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 221.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 37m / -24.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.74° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.36° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.