The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 6, 1913
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 AM
4:26 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -124
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 | 351.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 179.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -28.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.64° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.94° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 51.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.