The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 7, 1918
Waning Crescent
29.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
12:49 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.2%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -62
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 236.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 31m / -19.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.43° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.91° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.31° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.