The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 7, 1959
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
4:14 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 445
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 193.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -18.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.51° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.74° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.88° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.