The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 7, 2186
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
9:33 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3253
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 | 209.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 318.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 16.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.84° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.21° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.