The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 7, 2044
First Quarter
45.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.1%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1497
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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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 | 84.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 84.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 5.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.29° / 1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.30° / -1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.88° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| 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.