The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 7, 1929
Waning Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 AM
2:41 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 74
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 209.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -23.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.87° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / 2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.79° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.