The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 7, 2178
Waning Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
9:59 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3154
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 297.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 21m / 5.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.97° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.80° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.