The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 7, 2016
Waning Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 AM
3:38 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1150
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn 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 | 331.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 203.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -17.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.98° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.10° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.