The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 7, 1931
Waning Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
10:29 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 99
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 305.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 15.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.94° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.04° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.