The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
2:18 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 223
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 2.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 60.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 12.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.15° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.94° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.