The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 1902
Waning Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 AM
3:49 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -260
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 197.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -19.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.04° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / -3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.64° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.