The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 6, 1911
Waxing Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
11:34 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -148
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 100.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -5.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.79° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.31° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.