The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 7, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
7:57 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 631
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 348.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 21m / 22.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.76° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.93° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.42° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.