The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 7, 1940
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 AM
4:04 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 210
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 | 338.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 195.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.38° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.08° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.