The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 1904
Waning Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
10:14 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -235
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 | 228.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 298.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 8.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.45° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / 3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.69° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.