The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 7, 1984
Waxing Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
9:39 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 755
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 119.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -14.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.14° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.82° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.19° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.