The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 1930
First Quarter
45.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.8%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 87
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 86.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 47m / 2.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.74° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.95° / 3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.34° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| 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.