The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 7, 2011
Waxing Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 AM
8:57 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1089
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 127.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -9.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.00° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.31° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.05° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.