The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 7, 2141
Waning Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 AM
5:00 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2696
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 177.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -22.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.27° / 0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.34° / 0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.09° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.