The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 7, 1920
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
8:54 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -37
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 321.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 12.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.25° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.65° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.