The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 7, 1954
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
8:33 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 384
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 | 33.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 133.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -12.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.20° / 2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.08° / -2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.31° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.