The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 6, 1902
Waning Crescent
9.3% 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
5:01 AM
3:01 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -260
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 209.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -19.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.07° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / -2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.46° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.