The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 7, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
4:10 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 359
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 | 130.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 41.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 34m / 24.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.10° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.70° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.