The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 7, 1945
Waning Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
2:01 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 272
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 | 282.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 240.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -6.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.39° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.03° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.96° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.