The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 7, 2160
Waning Crescent
0.7% 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
7:10 AM
4:44 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2931
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 | 350.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 180.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -22.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.35° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.70° / 0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.70° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| 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.