The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 7, 2062
Waning Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 AM
2:34 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1719
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 | 326.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 205.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -27.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.64° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.55° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.05° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.