The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 6, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
4:00 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -210
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 41.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 56m / 15.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.02° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.41° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.67° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.