The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 1997
Waning Crescent
3.3% 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
6:01 AM
4:14 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 915
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 193.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -18.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.00° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.49° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.