The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 1907
Waning Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -198
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 | 258.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 273.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / 2.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.01° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.60° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.72° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.