The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 7, 2103
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
4:13 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2226
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 186.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -25.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.25° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.96° / 3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.44° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.