The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 7, 2188
Waxing Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
1:02 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3278
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 | 99.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 74.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 5.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.62° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.51° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.30° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.