The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 1910
Waning Crescent
22.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 AM
1:46 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.0%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -161
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 | 304.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 230.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -16.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.72° / 1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.03° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.80° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.