The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 7, 1924
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
6:59 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 13
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 152.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -17.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.84° / 2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / -2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.58° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.