The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 7, 2024
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
1:43 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1249
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 | 310.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 221.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 39m / -22.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.72° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.12° / 4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.44° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.