The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 7, 1976
Waxing Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 AM
11:42 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 656
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 96.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / 2.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.86° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.53° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.