The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 1919
Waxing Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
11:33 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -49
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 98.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / 2.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.57° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.78° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.