The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 6, 1912
Waning Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
10:00 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -136
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 | 210.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 318.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 20.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.60° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.10° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.