The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 1901
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
8:43 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -272
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 | 200.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 326.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 14.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.57° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.86° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.