The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 2014
First Quarter
45.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1126
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 84.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 6.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.92° / 1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.17° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.94° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.