The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 7, 2033
First Quarter
45.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.2%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1361
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° 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 | 84.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.4° / 84.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / 5.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.01° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.14° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| 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.