The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 7, 1905
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
7:34 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -222
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 | 22.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 144.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -15.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.58° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.21° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.