The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 7, 1991
Last Quarter
50.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
11:37 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Lunation number
- 841
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 258.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -11.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.13° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.28° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.