The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 7, 1921
Waning Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
4:27 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -25
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 | 343.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 189.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -19.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.42° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.88° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.45° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.