The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 2070
Waning Crescent
20.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 AM
1:55 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.1%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1818
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 | 306.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 227.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 31m / -17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.57° / 1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.04° / -1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.40° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.