The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 7, 2181
Waning Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3191
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 | 257.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 269.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -5.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.60° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.49° / 5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.82° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.