The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 7, 1900
Waxing Crescent
44.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.2%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -284
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 84.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / 8.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.16° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.25° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.43° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.