The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 7, 1939
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
8:55 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 198
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 320.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 12.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.38° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.45° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.