The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 7, 2005
Waning Crescent
11.5% 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
4:55 AM
2:17 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1014
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 211.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -24.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.05° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.82° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.