The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 7, 1926
Last Quarter
46.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 AM
12:41 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.1%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 37
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 258.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -3.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.30° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.62° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.67° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.