The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 7, 2052
Waxing Crescent
31.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
11:34 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.7%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1596
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 | 68.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 99.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / 0.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.44° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.54° / -1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.51° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.