The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 7, 2019
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 AM
6:59 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1188
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 150.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.06° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.74° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.