The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 1915
Waning Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
10:51 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -99
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 | 242.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 285.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 11m / 3.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.58° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / 3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.10° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.