The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 1975
Waning Crescent
20.8% 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
3:35 AM
1:36 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 643
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 | 305.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 227.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -19.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.68° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / 2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.57° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.