The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 7, 2008
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 AM
4:29 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1051
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 179.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -27.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.87° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.66° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.77° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.4° |
| 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.