The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 7, 2040
Last Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 AM
12:31 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1447
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.1° / 259.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -4.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.03° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.63° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.16° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.