The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 1986
Waning Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 AM
2:24 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 779
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 211.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -24.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.68° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.90° / 4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.03° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.