The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 1918
Waning Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
12:17 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -62
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 | 283.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 246.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -15.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.07° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.14° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.