The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 7, 2000
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
6:23 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 953
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 | 10.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 158.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -20.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.06° / 0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.99° / -0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.54° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.