The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 7, 2073
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 AM
5:08 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1855
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 178.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -19.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.51° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / -4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.53° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.