The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 7, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
4:28 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 594
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 37.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 51m / 25.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.03° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.92° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.