The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 7, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
1:34 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -12
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 | 104.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 68.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 10.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.06° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / 2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.72° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.