The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 1909
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 PM
8:04 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -173
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 348.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 15m / 24.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.11° / 1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / -1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.73° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.