The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 1947
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
8:33 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 297
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 | 187.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 342.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 45m / 24.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.78° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.20° / -3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.87° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.