The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 6, 1900
Waxing Crescent
33.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
11:48 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.1%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -284
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 96.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 37m / 3.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.97° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.60° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.