The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 7, 1948
Waning Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
2:25 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 309
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 | 320.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 213.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -22.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.34° / -1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / 2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.41° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.