The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 7, 2021
Waning Crescent
35.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
1:05 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.4%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1212
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 | 287.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 246.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -9.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.81° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / -3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.53° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.