The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 6, 1908
Waxing Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
8:51 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -185
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 | 39.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 129.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -16.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.43° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.16° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.42° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.