The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 7, 1994
Waning Crescent
21.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
1:38 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.1%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 227.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 20m / -19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.64° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.68° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.37° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.