The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 7, 2054
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 AM
4:42 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1620
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 185.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -18.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.18° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.72° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.