The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 6, 1920
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
8:12 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -37
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 | 191.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 336.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 51m / 16.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.62° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.79° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.53° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.