The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 7, 1901
Waning Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 PM
9:17 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -272
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 312.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 10.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.46° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.38° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.99° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.