The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 2081
Waning Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
3:02 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1954
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 | 333.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 197.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -28.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.89° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.87° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.