The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 7, 1957
Waxing Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 AM
11:54 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 421
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 | 72.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 94.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / 3.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.31° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.17° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.