The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 2149
Waning Crescent
5.1% 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
5:42 AM
3:42 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2795
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 199.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 25m / -19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.69° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / -3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.39° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.9° |
| 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.