The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 7, 1978
Waning Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 AM
4:12 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 680
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 194.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.24° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.73° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.69° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.