The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 1964
Waning Crescent
40.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
12:58 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.2%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 507
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 | 281.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -6.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.97° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.92° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.12° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.